U+C14E "셎" Hangul Syllable Sej Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C14E "셎" Hangul Syllable Sej is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing a specific phonetic combination in the Korean language. This character is formed from the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the medial vowel “ㅔ” (e), and the final consonant “ㅈ” (j), making it an example of a syllabic block in the systematic writing system of Korean, where characters are composed in a two-dimensional layout rather than linearly. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text and software can correctly display and process this valid syllable, supporting accurate representation of written Korean across global platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C14E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sej
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "세" U+C138 Hangul Syllable Se
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 셎
HTML Hex Encoding 셎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x85 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC14E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C14E
C/C++/Java Escape \uc14e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter